An edition of Strangers from a different shore: a history of Asian Americans (1989)

Strangers from a Different Shore

A History of Asian Americans

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Ronald Takaki, Ronald Takaki
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An edition of Strangers from a different shore: a history of Asian Americans (1989)

Strangers from a Different Shore

A History of Asian Americans

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  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings)
  • 111 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Ronald Takaki, an expert in Asian American history and a former Ethnic Studies professor at Berkeley, tells the story of immigrants from Asia from the spike of immigration in the mid 1800s to the restrictions placed in the late 1800s to modern day immigration. An engaging and vital overview of the field.

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Bt Bound
Language
English

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Subjects

Asian Americans, Immigration, Asian Immigration, History, Social conditions, Gold Rush, Chinese exclusion, 15.85 history of America, Immigranten, Aziaten

Places

San Francisco, Angel Island, Los Angeles
Edition Availability
Cover of: Strangers from a Different Shore
Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans
October 1999, Bt Bound
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Strangers from a different shore
Strangers from a different shore: a history of Asian Americans
1998, Little, Brown
in English - Updated and rev. ed., 1st Back Bay ed.
Cover of: Mō hitotsu no Amerikan dorīmu
Mō hitotsu no Amerikan dorīmu: Ajia-kei Amerikajin no chōsen
1996, Iwanami Shoten
in Japanese
Cover of: Strangers from a different shore
Strangers from a different shore: a history of Asian Americans
1990, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Strangers from a different shore
Strangers from a different shore: a history of Asian Americans
1990, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Strangers from a different shore
Strangers from a different shore: a history of Asian Americans
1989, Little, Brown
in English - 1st ed.

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First Sentence

"In Palolo Valley on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, where I lived as a child, my neighbors had names like Hamamoto, Kauhane, Wong, and Camara."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
8.8 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

Edition Identifiers

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OL9642155M
ISBN 10
0833561693
ISBN 13
9780833561695

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OL85716W

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